mod_rewrite

[Shadowfiend]

That's very odd, because I just tried it and it worked perfectly. Given:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /~antonio/test/

RewriteRule ^index/?$ index.php [L]

You can see the effects at http://theoldquarter.dyndns.org/~antonio/test/index and http://theoldquarter.dyndns.org/~antonio/test/index/ .

These both give 404s, by the way, but if you notice the URI, it's pointing to index.php.

You might be running into some issues with the ^, though. Try this:

RewriteRule ^/index/?$ /index.php [L]

Or:

RewriteRule ^/?index/?$ /index.php [L]

Only use the second one if the first one doesn't always work; I doubt it will make a difference. If only the second one works, try using:

RewriteRule ^index/?$ /index.php [L]

Where the only difference is the leading / on index.php. In theory, I don't think these should make any difference (i.e., none of them should work, either) but I'm not sure. Are you 100% certain that you can use mod_rewrite on your server?

[ljm]

Try it without the ^ and $, or with just the $. I've had similar problems with them.

[Karloff]

still not working? tried every solution possible ... i think anyway.

awilling to give you guys access to my files if you want to have a go? pm me if your feeling kind

[Shadowfiend]

Before you go giving out access to your files, are you 100% certain that mod_rewrite works on your server?

[Karloff]

100%... so say 1 and 1 anyway

i'm only giving it out to certain ppl as well

[ljm]

I've an idea - replace the contents of that .htaccess file with a load of gibberish. It should result in a 500 Internal Server Error. If nothing happens, something is wrong.